Today’s Society and lifestyle lecture was about ideology and prejudice. I have gained knowledge about what the exact meaning of prejudice and ideology is. I feel that i understood most of the information that was provided to us during the lecture and the tutorial. However,i will still need to do further reading to gain a better understanding in this topic. Micro world and Macro world are two new words I came across today. Prejudice is a idea or an opinion (usually negative) that is not based on any facts – it is only based on an individual or a group’s opinion. When a person acts of their prejudice it becomes discrimination. For example, a person may hold a belief towards a certain race or gender (this makes them prejudice) and if they show any behaviour (such as not including an individual due to race or gender) then this becomes discrimination. Another example of prejudice could be views held by some individuals that someone with physical disability is also mentally disabled. People hold these beliefs usually due to how they have been brought up. As a child, we learn many things and accept them as facts (even though many things may just be myths). The knowledge and understanding we gain of the world around us is altered as we develop into adults. However, humans develop knowing unintentional prejudice and therefore may end up unintentionally judging an individual without getting to know them. Ideology is a collection of ideas that reflect the beliefs, values and interests of a group, system, institution or nation.

My knowledge in this topic has greatly developed today as i had never really thought deeply about ideology and prejudice before. taking part in today’s lecture and tutorial has allowed me to look at how I have developed as a person and come up with examples of ideology and prejudice in my micro world and macro world.

As a future educator, it is vital that we allow all the children within our classroom with the same opportunity and promote equality and fairness within the classroom. What i have learned today will come handy for my future placements.

I would like to further develop my knowledge on what the different theorists say about ideology and prejudice as we only briefly discussed about this during the lecture. To do this, i will be involved in using reliable sources such as books, journals and appropriate websites.